Hat-lining.



K. KURTZ;

HAT LINING, APPLICATION FILED APR. 301L917- Patented Nov. 2?, 1917..v

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I K. KURTZ.

HAT umms.

APPUCATION FILED APR. 30, !9l 1,248,137. Patented N0m'27, 1917.

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KATHERINE KURTZ, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

HAT-LINING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented NOV. 2?,121t'.

Application filed April 30, 1917. Serial No. 165,484.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that 1', KATHERINE Kue'rz, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Brooklyn, in the city and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Linings, of which the following is a specification. 7

My invention relates to hat linings, and has for some of its principal objects to provide a lining which it is unnecessary to remove in order to gain access to the inside of the hat for retrimming or any other purpose; and which may, if desired, when used with a large hat, be adjusted to support the same at any desired height on the head of the wearer.

The invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and combination of various devices, elements and parts, as shown in the accompanying drawings and hereinafter described.

In the said drawings, Figure 1 is a bottom view of what is known as a tip, ready for insertion into a hat; Fig. 2 is a side View of the same, the rubber band which normally holds the tip in place being removed; Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1', but showing a slight modification; Fig. 4 is a side VlBW of Fig. 3'analogous to Fig. 2, but showing the rubber band in place; Fig. 5 is a view of a portion of the side crown or main portion of the lining which engages with the tip; Fig. 6 is a view of the side crown entire, as it appears before being secured in a hat; Fig. 7 is a view of my lining as it appears when in place, looking upward into a hat, showing a modified form of crown; Fig. 8 shows the said modified form of crown before being secured in a hat; and Fig. 9 is a view similar to Fig.5, but showing a slight modification.

In carrying my invention into effect in the embodiments thereof which Ihave selected for illustration in the accompanying drawings and description in this specification, I provide a side crown or main lining portion such as that designated 11 in Figs. 5 and 6 or 12 in Figs. 7 8, and 9; which side crown may if desired be provided with a wire, as shown at 13 in Fig. 6, or 19 in Figs. 7 and 8, running the length of the lower side thereof.

The upper portion of the side crown 11 or 12 is provided with a drawstring, such as shown at 14 in Fig. 6, or with a tape such as shown at 15 in Fig. 5 or 16 in Figs. 7, 8, and 9. The cord or tape may be held in position by means of a tape 17 (see Figs. 5 and 6) secured to the lining by a line of stitches on each side ofthe draw string or tape, or by merely turning over the upper side of the side crown, and stitching it to itself, as shown at 18 in Figs. 8 and 9. A drawstring or tape 20 may be provided if desired, running longitudinally and centrally of the side crown, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8, which cord or tape may be held in position by a second tape 21, secured to. the side crown by a row of stitches on each side of the cord or tape 20. l

The tip used in combination with this side crown comprises a centralapproximately.

circular piece of fabric 22, held in shape by a wire 23 encircling the same (see Fig. 2). Sewed to the periphery of the piece 22 are both sides of an endless strip of fabric 24, which forms an annular dependent portion secured around the periphery of thepiece of fabric 22 (see Fig. 2). This tube contains,

as shown in Fig. 2, a ring of wire 25 which helps to hold the parts in position. A rubher band 26 (see Figs. 3 and 4) is slipped around the outside of the tube formed by the fabric 24, causing the tip to assume the form shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 4. The tip shown in Fig. 3 differs from that shown in Fig. 1, by being provided with a wider strip 24. In use, my side crown is secured by its lower edge to the lower part of the inside of a hat crown; and even though it be permanently stitched in place, the inside of the hat is still readily accessible for retrimming or any other purpose. When it is desired to complete the lining, the free edge of the side crown is brought into the groove formed in the fabric ring 24 by the rubber band 26, and the drawstring or tape tightened to any desired extent. In the case of a large hat, the set upon the head may be regulated by drawing the cord tighter or looser as desired, and the adjustment may be changed from time to time, to fit different modes of wearing the hair, or for any other reason. For such a large hat, the tip shown in Fig. 3 is preferable, on account of the greater latitude of adjustment permitted by the wider strip 24.

The drawstring 20 is also used to reduce the size of the lining, and alter the set of the hat on the head, in a manner which will be obvious. If desired, a small mirror may 

